Alan Keenan Crowds of ordinary Sri Lankans stormed the presidential residence on 9 July, compelling President Gotabaya Rajapaksa…
Category: Political Crisis
Ranil has neither learned nor departed
Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s fidelity to his alma mater, Royal College, is very well known. He has…
Don’t cross the thin line between people-power and mob rule
Demonstrators brave tear gas to storm the office of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Reuters/Adnan Abidi People’s…
Human Rights Watch wants authorities to protect rights of protesters
Sri Lankan security forces and other authorities should respect the rights of protesters following the declaration…
People’s power proves more powerful than people in power
Politicians, who no sooner elected to Parliament tend to forget they are obligated to serve the…
Reviewing people’s revolution and its aftermath: Government kneels as ‘Aragalaya goes on overdrive’
Large crowds gathered at the Presidential Palace premises once the protesters occupied the space The…
President to step down on Wednesday; PM will also resign
Angry groups storm President’s House, Secretariat and Temple Trees; Party leaders meet to find solution to growing…
GotaGoGama activists issue 6 immediate demands
The GotaGoGama activists on Saturday issued six immediate demands from all political parties and a future…
Resignation of Prez, PM prerequisite for resolution of current crisis – Direction Sri Lanka
Direction Sri Lanka, consisting of Sri Lankan professionals, has declared that the resignation of President Gotabaya…
‘The family took over’: how a feuding ruling dynasty drove Sri Lanka to ruin
Soldiers in Colombo hold back protesters demanding the resignation of the president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in May. Photograph:…
Grand Alliance For Systemic Change By Ameer Ali
When paradigms change, the world itself change with them. Led by a new paradigm, scientists adopt…
Both the president and the presidency must go
Last week the Cabinet of Ministers approved and later gazetted the proposed amendment to the Constitution,…
How To Send Gota Home: What Is To De Done & Who Will Do It? By Dayan Jayatilleka
It is the starkest of choices: our survival as a community and as individuals vs the…
Are we learning anything from the crisis?
People wait to buy kerosene at a gas station amid a fuel shortage in Colombo, Sri…
Resignation of Prez, PM prerequisite for resolution of current crisis – Direction Sri Lanka
Direction Sri Lanka, consisting of Sri Lankan professionals, has declared that the resignation of President Gotabaya…
The need for a reset
Despite growing challenges and suppressions, the duties of journalists have become increasingly challenging in Sri Lanka…
Sajith says ‘super’ PM has failed, SJB ready to take over govt.
Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa has said that his party is ready to accept the…
Protest demanding GR, Ranil step down
The National Trade Union Front (NTUF), National Trade Union Coordination Centre (NTUCC) and some Civil organizations…